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Learning the Hard Way That Writing a Book is Not Like Writing for TV

Learning the Hard Way That Writing a Book is Not Like Writing for TV

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By Evany Rosen | October 25, 2017

Los Angeles is Getting Its Very Own Bookmobile

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America's Enduring Pastime: Baseball, Misogyny, and Reading <em>The Natural</em>

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Sara Novic Examines Her Love for a Game with an Ever-Present Dark Side

By Sara Nović | October 24, 2017

See It Here First: The Cover for Alexander Chee’s New Essay Collection

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A Behind-the-Scenes Look at How to Write an Autobiographical Novel

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The Enslaved Man Who Escaped George Washington—Twice

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At Oslo's House of Literature, a Free Space for Ideas (and Writers)

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